The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
Hover any Greek or Syriac word for phonetic transliteration.
Six manuscript witness columns span the table; their descent flows into the timeline below.
| Greek Papyri | Alexandrian | Western | Latin | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earliest Papyri c. 125–250 CE · Greek TAGNT | Vaticanus c. 325 CE · Greek TAGNT | Bezae c. 400 CE · Greek Latin | Vulgate c. 400 CE · Latin Whitaker | Peshitta c. 400–450 CE · Syriac PayneSmith | Byzantine c. 5th–9th c. · Greek TAGNT | ||||||||||||
λεγωP75 | I say | λέγω | I say | λεγω | | | dico | Dico | I say | ܐܡܪ | I say | Λέγω | I say | |||||
υμινP75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
οτιP75 | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you | ܠܟܘܢ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | |||||
πολλοιP75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quoniam | quod | that | ܓܝܪ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
προφηταιP75 | many | πολλοὶ | many | πολλοι | | | multi | multi | many | — | — | πολλοὶ | many | |||||
καιP75 | prophets | προφῆται | prophets | προφηται | | | profetae | prophetæ | prophets | ܕܢܒܝܐ | prophets | προφῆται | prophets | |||||
βασιλεισP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | et | et | and | ܤܓܝܐܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ηθελησανP75 | kings | βασιλεῖς | kings | — | | | uos | reges | kings | ܘܡܠܟܐ | kings | βασιλεῖς | kings | |||||
ιδεινP75 | desired | ἠθέλησαν | desired | ηθελησαν | | | uoluerunt | voluerunt | desired | ܨܒܘ | desired | ἠθέλησαν | desired | |||||
αP75 | to see | ἰδεῖν | to see | ειδειν | | | uidere | videre | to see | ܕܢܚܙܘܢ | to see | ἰδεῖν | to see | |||||
υμεισP75 | what | ἃ | what | α | | | quae | quæ | what | ܡܕܡ | what | ἃ | what | |||||
βλεπετεP75 | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | ϋμεις | | | uos | vos | you yourselves | — | — | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | |||||
καιP75 | see | βλέπετε | see | βλεπετε | | | uidetis | videtis | see | ܕܚܙܝܢ | see | βλέπετε | see | |||||
ουκP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܐܢܬܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ειδανP75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | ܘܠܐ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
καιP75 | saw, | εἶδαν, | saw, | — | | | uiderunt | viderunt | saw, | ܚܙܘ | saw, | εἶδον | saw, | |||||
ακουσαιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܠܡܫܡܥ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
μουP75 | to hear | ἀκοῦσαι | to hear | ακουσαι | | | audire | audire | to hear | ܡܕܡ | to hear | ἀκοῦσαι | to hear | |||||
αP75 | what | ἃ | what | α | | | quae | quæ | what | — | — | ἃ | what | |||||
ακουετεP75 | you hear | ἀκούετε | you hear | ακουετε | | | auditis | auditis | you hear | ܕܐܢܬܘܢ | you hear | ἀκούετε | you hear | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | ܫܡܥܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ουκP75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | ܘܠܐ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
ηκουσανP75 | heard. | ἤκουσαν.¶ | heard. | ηκουσαν | | | audierunt | audierunt | heard. | ܫܡܥܘ | heard. | ἤκουσαν | heard. | |||||
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